Fernando Gonzalez PROFILE

Fernando Gonzalez PRE-TOURNAMENT ODDS: 100/1 NATIONALITY: CHI BIRTH DATE: 29/07/80 BECAME PRO: 1999 WORLD RANKING: 11

VERDICT

On his day Gonzalez is capable of beating anyone as was shown at last year's Australian Open when he reached the final. Prior to a French Open last eight loss to Roger Federer earlier this season the Chilean had racked up 16 successive wins and if he can repeat that sort of form he could be a real threat here. And he could have asked for no better preparation than winning a silver medal at the Olympic Games in Beijing, beating Sun Peng, Marin Cilic, Olivier Rochus, Paul-Henri Mathieu and James Blake before losing to Rafael Nadal in the final.

TEN-YEAR GRAND SLAM HISTORY 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 00 99 Australian Open 3R RU 1R 3R 1R 2R 4R 1R - - French Open QF 1R 2R 3R 1R QF 3R 2R - - Wimbledon 2R 3R 3R QF 3R 1R 2R - - - US Open - 1R 3R 3R 1R 3R QF - 2R -